Is Powell Having Second Thoughts About Obama?

Remember when Colin Powell publically endorsed then-candidate Obama for president?

Who knows how much, or even if, Powell’s public statement of support helped get Obama elected, but it now appears that Powell, a Republican and former secretary of state for Bush, is having his doubts about Obama’s agenda.

In an excerpt from CNN’s “State of the Union” hosted by John King, Powell expressed concern about Obama’s spending telling King, “I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the mult-trillions…and that we are amassing a huge, huge debt,” urging the President “to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is,”  according to the NY Times and Washington Times.

Powell also expressed concern over Obama’s trend to super-size the Federal government.

Links:

1. Powell Expresses Concerns Over Obama’s Packed Agenda – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com.

2. Powell Airs Doubts On Obama Agenda – Washington Times.

 

Obama’s “Paygo” Means Higher Taxes For Everyone Still Working

Obama touted his “Paygo” plan this morning in an effort to look more fiscally responsible in the face of what many perceive to be out-of-control spending.  But what’s “Paygo?”

Simply, “Paygo” means “Pay as you go.”

“Pay as you go” sounds good until you think about the billions being spent already on pork – er “stimulus” – programs, and Obama’s future plans for more billions on health care and for his increases in entitlement programs.

Even though Obama is supposedly pushing Congress, to make himself look good to the public, insisting that “for every dollar” the government spends, another has to be cut somewhere else, that’s not his reality.  What “Paygo” really means is higher and higher taxes for all of us still working to support an ever increasing “nannie” society.

Link:  Politics Today: Obama To Talk “Paygo” | Political Hotsheet – CBS News.